Burgess.
A surname transferred from the common noun.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the common noun.
A number of places in the United States: A township in Bond County, Illinois.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hayes Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan.
A number of places in the United States: A village in Barton County, Missouri.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Horry County, South Carolina.
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia.
Where this word comes from
By proprialization from burgess, which is from Anglo-Norman burgeis (“town-dweller”); more at burgess.
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